To get the edge in a casino, there’s only one game you should be playing: blackjack. While dice games are always random, once a card is played in blackjack, you know it’s no longer in the pack. That’s what makes it beatable. The average casino blackjack player faces a 1.5-2 % disadvantage, but if you can count cards and you’re good at it, you can jump the fence. You can turn the tables on the casino so you’re the one with the advantage.

An expert card counter can get pretty close to a 0.75% advantage on the action. It’s pretty skinny as we say, but I made a pretty good living out of it for 15 years.